Notice is hereby given that the Annual General Meeting of the CIWEM Urban Drainage Group is scheduled to be held on Thursday 11 November 2021 a12:30 pm GMT via Zoom. The Annual General Meeting is open to CIWEM Urban Drainage Group members. When you register you will be asked a compulsory question about your grade of membership,…
Join Adam Parkes, Head of Discipline for Hydrology at Jacobs, to learn how Flood Modeller enables you to confidently understand flood risk and develop optimal solutions to manage the impacts of climate change. How climate change affects multiple sources of flooding (rain, rivers, coastal) Requirements for considering climate change in the UK Uncertainty in estimates…
A key component of resilience planning is the creation and maintenance of detailed planning and the provision of adequate training to guide those tasked with responding to events that threaten to and sometimes disrupt the key activities that are essential to the operation of any organisation. This short presentation will look at this component from…
Brought to you by CIWEM Tyne & Humber branch and Stantec, this first webinar in a two-part series will explore catchment system opportunities, with the second focusing on solutions. Catchment investigation is a significant part of developing water and wastewater solutions. The Government has defined over 100 major water catchments in England and has identified…
This joint webinar brought to you by the CIWEM Northern Ireland branch and the Institute of Water NI will provide an overview of the LWWP, Belfast Strategic Drainage Infrastructure Plan that was published in November 2021. Our speakers will explore the key challenges that must be overcome to protect against flooding whilst enhancing the environment…
Although there had been a handful of small, innovative NFM projects in the past, the UK government’s natural flood management programme was introduced to understand more fully how nature-based solutions can be used at a large scale as part of the toolbox to reduce flood risk and improve habitats. This webinar will provide an overview…
How do we design urban drainage to be resilient and manage the risk of exceedance? This year’s CIWEM UDG training day will be held over two days, 16-17 March. The topic we will be covering is exceedance: as engineers, environmentalists, planners and policy makers, how do we design and adapt our assets to cope with…
Join the CIWEM Central Southern Branch for a live panel Q&A session of Property Flood Resilience. During the successful Central Southern Branch Annual Seminar, which took place in October 2021, a large number of questions were asked but sadly there was not enough time to answer them all! The panel are therefore gathering again for…
Hosted by CIWEM Event description Sewage pollution from storm overflows in sewers has become a headline environmental and social water quality issue. A wide range of factors influence how frequently they spill. And a wide range of actions are needed to reduce that frequency. By looking beyond the obvious, we can maximise the benefits of…
Hosted by Water New Zealand and the CIWEM Aotearoa | New Zealand branch Event description Please note that this event will start at 5:30 pm New Zealand Time | 6:30 am BST. CIWEM and Water New Zealand are delighted to be able to share a fascinating session detailing how Auckland Council’s Healthy Waters department intend…
Hosted by the CIWEM Rivers & Coastal Group Event description The Environment Agency’s Flood Warning Expansion Project (FWEP) aims to deliver flood warnings to all properties at high risk of fluvial flooding in England. To achieve this, the FWEP monitoring team has significantly increased the capability of the Environment Agency to warn and inform the…
Hosted by Castle Debates and the CIWEM South Eastern branch Event description The CIWEM South Eastern branch are delighted to join the Castle Debates for a discussion on the state of our rivers and other waterways. The most common sources of pollution of our waters in the UK are: a) sewage from domestic and industrial…